頂事

Chinese

		go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (頂事)		頂	事
simp. (顶事)		顶	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǐngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding² si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): téng-sīr / téng-sū

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǐngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǐngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: ting³-shih⁴
    • Yale: dǐng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diingshyh
    • Palladius: динши (dinši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding² si⁶
    • Yale: díng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³⁵ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: téng-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: tíng-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: téng-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tíng-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defngsu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/

Verb

頂事

1. to be useful; to be of use; to serve a purpose

   一個人才可以頂很大的事。 [MSC, trad.]
   一个人才可以顶很大的事。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yī ge réncái kěyǐ dǐng hěn dà de shì. [Pinyin]

   Trained people can be very useful.

Synonyms

• 中用 (zhōngyòng)
• 濟事／济事 (jìshì)
• 管用 (guǎnyòng)
• 頂用／顶用 (dǐngyòng)

 

Antonyms

• 不中 (bùzhōng) (regional)